Project description:PURPOSE: To provide a detailed gene expression profile of the normal postnatal mouse cornea. METHODS: Serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) was performed on postnatal day (PN)9 and adult mouse (6 week) total corneas. The expression of selected genes was analyzed by in situ hybridization. RESULTS: A total of 64,272 PN9 and 62,206 adult tags were sequenced. Mouse corneal transcriptomes are composed of at least 19,544 and 18,509 unique mRNAs, respectively. One third of the unique tags were expressed at both stages, whereas a third was identified exclusively in PN9 or adult corneas. Three hundred thirty-four PN9 and 339 adult tags were enriched more than fivefold over other published nonocular libraries. Abundant transcripts were associated with metabolic functions, redox activities, and barrier integrity. Three members of the Ly-6/uPAR family whose functions are unknown in the cornea constitute more than 1% of the total mRNA. Aquaporin 5, epithelial membrane protein and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) omega-1, and GST alpha-4 mRNAs were preferentially expressed in distinct corneal epithelial layers, providing new markers for stratification. More than 200 tags were differentially expressed, of which 25 mediate transcription. CONCLUSIONS: In addition to providing a detailed profile of expressed genes in the PN9 and mature mouse cornea, the present SAGE data demonstrate dynamic changes in gene expression after eye opening and provide new probes for exploring corneal epithelial cell stratification, development, and function and for exploring the intricate relationship between programmed and environmentally induced gene expression in the cornea. Keywords: other

2004-01-02 | GSE887 | GEO

Mus musculus

Project description:Differentially expressed genes between osteochondroprogenitor sub-populations

| PRJNA270937 | ENA

CHD7 Regulates Bone-fat Balance via Suppressing PPAR-γ Signaling Pathway

Project description:Chromodomain helicase DNA-binding protein 7 (CHD7) is an ATP-dependent eukaryotic chromatin remodeling enzyme that plays a critical role in epigenetics. Previous studies showed CHD7 is essential in development of organs and mutation of CHD7 is the main cause of CHARGE syndrome, but the function of CHD7 in skeletal system remained elusive. Here we show that conditional knockout of Chd7 in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and pre-osteoblasts leads to a pathological phenotype in mice, manifested as skeletal system development disorder, low bone mass and severely high marrow adiposity. Mechanistically, we identify up-regulated peroxisome proliferators-activated receptors (PPAR) signaling pathway in Chd7-deficient MSCs. Knockout of Chd7 reduces the restriction of PPAR-γ, then PPAR-γ associates with tri-methylated histone H3 at lysine 4 (H3K4me3), activates the transcription of the downstream adipogenic genes, and disrupts the balance between osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation. Our work illustrates the pathological manifestations of Chd7 mutation in MSCs and reveals novel epigenetic mechanism in skeletal health and diseases.

2022-02-28 | GSE167886 | GEO

Mus musculus

Project description:Differentially expressed genes in Naa10p knockout mouse embryos

| PRJNA262981 | ENA

Bidirectional Introgression between Mus musculus domesticus and Mus spretus.

Project description:Introgressed variants from other species can be an important source of genetic variation because they may arise rapidly, can include multiple mutations on a single haplotype, and have often been pretested by selection in the species of origin. Although introgressed alleles are generally deleterious, several studies have reported introgression as the source of adaptive alleles-including the rodenticide-resistant variant of Vkorc1 that introgressed from Mus spretus into European populations of Mus musculus domesticus. Here, we conducted bidirectional genome scans to characterize introgressed regions into one wild population of M. spretus from Spain and three wild populations of M. m. domesticus from France, Germany, and Iran. Despite the fact that these species show considerable intrinsic postzygotic reproductive isolation, introgression was observed in all individuals, including in the M. musculus reference genome (GRCm38). Mus spretus individuals had a greater proportion of introgression compared with M. m. domesticus, and within M. m. domesticus, the proportion of introgression decreased with geographic distance from the area of sympatry. Introgression was observed on all autosomes for both species, but not on the X-chromosome in M. m. domesticus, consistent with known X-linked hybrid sterility and inviability genes that have been mapped to the M. spretus X-chromosome. Tract lengths were generally short with a few outliers of up to 2.7 Mb. Interestingly, the longest introgressed tracts were in olfactory receptor regions, and introgressed tracts were significantly enriched for olfactory receptor genes in both species, suggesting that introgression may be a source of functional novelty even between species with high barriers to gene flow.

| S-EPMC8784167 | biostudies-literature

Mus musculus

Project description:Differentially expressed genes of CD11b+Gr-1+ myeloid cells

| PRJNA131071 | ENA

Mus musculus

Project description:Identification of differentially expressed genes in runx1-/- primitive erythroid

| PRJNA105595 | ENA